Whole30 Days 13-16 and Girls Gone Sporty!

by ~jenniferlynn on September 16, 2012

in StrongLifts, Whole30

Yikes.. Seriously these days are flying by lately! ๐Ÿ™‚

Rather than highlight the last week, I thought I’d post progress on my monthly goals:

  1. Blog: In the past two weeks I have become a Sweat Pink Ambassador AND I just found out I got accepted to be a Girls Gone Sporty Ambassador!! I posted more about my Sweat Pink Ambassadorship here, and will dedicate another post to Girls Gone Sporty later this week. Super excited to be a part of two amazing networks of women who encourage the healthy, fit lifestyle!
  2. Food: We are halfway through our Whole30 and we’re still doing great surviving! No cheats, no slip-ups, no junk food, no eating out (technically)*, no soy, no dairy (no whey), no sugar, no artificial sugar, no grains, etc. We’ve been eating REAL food. I’ve made homemade ghee, mayo, tartar sauce, bone broth (an AMAZING source of calcium and magnesium and other minerals)! We’re still working on getting better at meal planning and prepping, but we’re making progress! Down side? We’re probably not eating enough. And we are total veggie slackers. Whole30 suggest a cup of veggies per meal.. ehh.. working on it!
    The meals lately haven’t been really that exciting and nothing too out of the usual, but many nights lately are accompanied by Kombucha! Though it’s only two weeks in (plus if I could my meal plan for this week), we have been eating a lot of the same things such as spaghetti squash, steaks, salad. We did decide that Sundays will be our day to try out something new, which will be fun and exciting, especially with my new cookbook!

    *We did lose power at work this past week, and the fridge was out of power for 18 hours. Since I meal prep and take a week’s worth of chicken breast and leave it in the work fridge, I was stuck with NO chicken. So I had to improvise. We do have a huge food court with Subway, McDonalds, Burger King, Chinese food, a pizza place, and a Coney ISland. Even though some of the food itself may be acceptable (such as chicken or meat), chances are they were not cooked in ghee, or Whole30 approved oils. Luckily, there is a deli with a salad bar, and I figured I could find something there that I can eat, be someone satiated, and not break the rules. Not exactly a protein-packed lunch, but I did the best with what I hadย available!

  3. Lifting: Still working on my StrongLifts routine, but my progress has been greatly stunted lately. With failed reps and recent deload days, I’m pretty much in the same place, if not further back than where I started this month. It is continuously discouraging to see all those red marks on my “progress report” below, however, I’m really working on making sure that I have proper form before I move up from my deload days. I also have learned to accept that my body is still getting used to the way I’m eatingย and I’m lifting heavier than EVER, so need to step back sometimes and look at how far I’ve come!

  4. Cardio: I think I’ve run a total of three times this month.. No real excuses other than being too focused on other things like Whole30, and trying to blog-network.. and tweeting..

  5. Other: I did complete two units in my personal training book so far and my goal was 4 for the month, so I’m on par! This last chapter on the names of all of the muscles was rough and I struggled through it, but I’m getting by.
    I’m also really trying to work on cleaning up my blog, organizing my content, and engaging other readers. I have an awesome guest post featuring the art of Yoga scheduled for tomorrow, and will be featuring some amazing lady lifters in the upcoming weeks!

How do you manage your time to fit in blogging, tweeting, facebooking, networking, oh, and work/school/personal life?

masters2marathons
Twitter: mast2mar
September 16, 2012 at 11:36 pm

Great news on your weightlifting! Also great job for making some headway on your personal training certification! And you’ve run more than I have this month! Tomorrow I’m going to head out for for a run/walk (stage 2!). I will do a whole 10 min of running within a 45 min time!

And I only started this multi-platform communication thing, so I’m still trying to figure it out! I am guessing some weeks when I am more busy, I won’t be as active and vice versa….

~jenniferlynn September 17, 2012 at 8:34 am

Thanks for the encouragement! ๐Ÿ™‚
I think I just need to come up with a plan lol. I’m so bad with things if they aren’t written down. My buddy Martha at marthalicious.wordpress.com created a different daily thing for each day of the week. I like that idea so that way you can prep your blog ahead of time. I’m still just kinda posting whatever whenever.. so need to just focus it a bit more and set up some sort of scheduler!

ConcreteNCoffee September 17, 2012 at 12:10 am

That must be so challenging to embark on a food challenge AND try to ramp up your weight lifting routine at the same time! There are some challenges I know I just won’t ever do and the Whole30 was one of them! I’d die without my carbs! But I love the idea of thinking outside of the box (literally) when it comes to eating, and doing as much shopping/eating from the fresh produce section of the grocery store as possible!

~jenniferlynn September 17, 2012 at 8:32 am

Thanks for the comment! I will say with 100% honesty that if you asked me six months ago to give up carbs, I’d think you were crazy. I could not live without my oatmeal, rice, bread, PASTA, tortilla chips. Those were daily staples to my diet. However, once I started doing the weight training and reading more about the paleo diet, the more it interested me in terms of getting my body where I wanted it. I was pretty much eating paleo 5 days a week prior to my Whole30 but not nearly this strict. It’s only 30 days – I think everyone should try! ๐Ÿ™‚

babs September 18, 2012 at 3:41 pm

Wow lady!! All sorts of super awesome stuff happening in your world. Keep your head up with your lifts. You will get past this and be even stronger. Get some extra sleep, it might make all the difference in the world. Keep rocking out and being an inspiration.

~jenniferlynn September 18, 2012 at 6:24 pm

Thanks for the comment, Babs! I look up to you so it’s nice to hear advice from you! ๐Ÿ™‚ I do sleep a solid 8 hours (at least) nightly, so I don’t think sleep is the issue. I am sure it’s not eating enough veggies, honestly.. and possibly just not eating enough in general! I’m not tracking calories (or weighing myself) this month, but I’m trying to work on getting better with keeping myself satiated and fueling my workouts!

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Twitter: Cjackplay
September 19, 2012 at 12:38 pm

You are doing great! I don’t know how you find the time to do the Whole30. It sounds intense. I could never talk my BF into doing the program. Good for you for sticking with it though! As for the veggies are you allowed to eat steamed veggies or do they have to be raw? I find that broccoli, zucchini and asparagus steamed and then coated with a bit of salt, pepper and cayenne pepper always hits the spot.

~jenniferlynn September 19, 2012 at 1:07 pm

Oh cooked veggies are encouraged! But I just haven’t found any (other than my zucchini or spaghetti squash “noodles”) that I’ll eat.. ๐Ÿ™ I’m so dang picky, and could use more grown up veggies in my life, but just a child mentality about trying them ๐Ÿ˜‰
I hear mostly anything steamed or sauteed with garlic/olive oil/salt/pepper usually is a good start.. I am trying to be better!

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